Bomberman 64 (2001 Video Game)

is a Japanese Nintendo 64 game released in 2001. It was the final Nintendo 64 game to be released in Japan. The game features four distinct gameplay modes, each with unique gameplay, based on different games in the ''Bomberman'' franchise.

Gameplay

Unlike previous ''Bomberman'' games on the system, ''Bomberman 64'' is fully 2D without any 3D graphics. It includes four different game modes, each of which features a different gameplay style:

"Bomberman" features traditional ''Bomberman'' gameplay, particularly based on that seen in the ''Bomberman'' titles on SNES. As in past games, players control Bomberman, moving around a grid and using bombs to destroy obstructions and defeat enemies while collecting powerups and looking for an exit; once found, all enemies must be defeated for the exit to be used. The player must complete a sequence of 10 consecutive stages, culminating in a boss battle. Unlike previous games, stages each feature two exits; choosing different exits will determine which stage the player will enter next along a series of branching routes, along with which boss the player battles in the final stage. The mode also includes a "Battle Royale" multiplayer mode, in which up to four players compete to be the last one standing, with multiple stages and rule sets available.

" Panic Bomber" is based on the 1994 ''Bomberman'' spinoff of the same name, a puzzle game in which players attempt to match falling blocks of the same color in order to create bombs to clear the tiles on their screen and damage opponents. The mode features a single player score attack mode, and a four player battle royale mode.

"SameGame" is based on the 1985 game of the same name, a single-player tile-matching puzzle game in which players must select adjacent tiles of the same color to clear them from a grid, attempting to get the highest score possible without running out of moves.

"Bomberman Park" is a single-player mode based on '' Bomberman Land'' (2000). Similar to that game, players explore an amusement park and participate in several minigames. By earning high scores in each of the minigames, players will earn medals that grant access to additional areas of the park with their own minigames. Several of the minigames are ported directly from ''Bomberman Land''.

Release

''Bomberman 64'' was described as a "culmination" of the ''Bomberman'' series up to that point, intended to offer a sample of the different gameplay styles featured in the series and its spinoffs over the previous 16 years. The game was released on December 20, 2001, making it the final game released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan.

It is often confused with the 1997 game '' Bomberman 64'', which was released in Japan as ''Baku Bomberman''.

Reception

References

External links

Official Website
(in Japanese)

2001 video games
64
Japan-exclusive video games
Nintendo 64 games
Nintendo 64-only games
Racjin games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan
Action games
Hudson Soft games

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